Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House

The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH,[2] Korean: 조선로동당출판사; MR: Chosŏn Nodongdang Ch'ulp'ansa) is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea.[3] The publishing house is under the control of the party's Propaganda and Agitation Department.[4] It was founded in October 1945 in Pyongyang,[3] where it is still based.[5] It is one of the two main publishers in North Korea, the other one being the Foreign Languages Publishing House.[6]

Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House

Status	Active
Founded	1945
Country of origin	North Korea
Headquarters location	Pyongyang
Distribution	National
Key people	Ri Yong-chol (director-general, editor-in-chief)
Publication types	Books, magazines, posters
Nonfiction topics	Politics
Owner(s)	Workers' Party of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House
Hangul	조선로동당출판사
Hanja	朝鮮勞動黨出版社
Revised Romanization	Joseon Rodongdang Chulpansa
McCune–Reischauer	Chosŏn Nodongdang Ch'ulp'ansa
[1]

It publishes books on politics as well as fiction.[5] According to North Korean sources, they include:

the immortal masterpieces of the Great Leader [Kim Il-sung] and party documents in a number of different forms, educational materials on the revolutionary tradition, books on party policy, various educational materials for ideological education by the party, various lecture and propaganda materials, and various reference materials concerning the party work, and thus arms party officials, party members, and workers with the revolutionary thought of the Great Leader and the party policy based on it.[3]

This includes works of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Korean,[7] including their selected (sŏnjip), collected (chŏjakchip) and complete works (chŏnjip).[8][9][10]

In addition to books, it publishes posters and the magazine Kulloja, the theoretical monthly of the party.[11][12] During the Cold War, it published works of the leader of communist Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu in return for Editura Politică publishing those of Kim Il-sung.[13]

Directors

The current director-general and editor-in-chief is Ri Yong-chol.[14]

• Kim Yong-hak (1980s)[15]
• Yang Kyong-pok (1990s)[16]
• Ryang Kyong-bok (2000s)[17]
• Ri Yong-chol (2010s)

Publications

Some multi-volume publications by the publishing house include:

• Among the People[18]
• Collection of Kim Il-sung's Anecdotes[19]
• General Kim Jong-il, Sun of Songun[20]
• Glorifying the Era of Juche[21]
• History of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle (Enlarged Edition)[22]
• Complete Collection of Kim Il-sung's Works[23]
• Complete Collection of Kim Il-sung's Works (Enlarged Edition)[24]
• Complete Collection of Kim Jong-il's Works[25]
• Reminiscences of the Anti-Japanese Guerillas[26]
• Selected Works of Kim Jong-il (Enlarged Edition)[27]
• With the Century[28]

See also

• Kim Il-sung bibliography
• Kim Jong-il bibliography
• Kim Jong-un bibliography
• North Korean literature
• List of magazines in North Korea

References

1. ISNI n.d.
2. Jong 2019.
3. North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 424.
4. North Korea Leadership Watch 2009, p. 2.
5. The Europa World Year 2004, p. 2484.
6. Shinn et al. 1969, p. 274.
7. Lee 2017, p. 35.
8. Lee 2001, p. 21n2.
9. Gause 2011, p. 211n85.
10. Rodong Sinmun 2019b.
11. Rodong Sinmun 2019a.
12. North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 425.
13. North Korea Quarterly 1990, p. 17.
14. Rodong Sinmun 2017.
15. Korea Today 1982, p. 74.
16. Summary of World Broadcasts 1995, p. D-5.
17. KCNA 2009.
18. KCNA 2017a.
19. KCNA 2014b.
20. KCNA 2012b.
21. KCNA 2012c.
22. KCNA 2004.
23. KCNA 2012a.
24. KCNA 2017c.
25. KCNA 2017b.
26. Katalog der Bibliothek des Instituts für Sinologie n.d.
27. KCNA 2014a.
28. KCNA 1998.

Works cited

• The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. 2 (45th ed.). London: Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
• Gause, Ken E. (2011). North Korea Under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics, and Prospects for Change. Santa Barbara: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-38175-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "ISNI 0000000094767261 Chosŏn Nodongdang Ch'ulp'ansa". ISNI. n.d. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
• Jong Ryu-chol (6 July 2019). "The 'Cycle'1.0 Disseminated". Rodong Sinmun. Retrieved 25 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hangil ppalch'isan ch'amgaja tûl ûi hoesanggi 항일 빨치산 참가자들의 회상기. Katalog der Bibliothek des Instituts für Sinologie (LMU). n.d. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
• "Kim Il Sung's reminiscences vol. 8 off the press". KCNA. 7 July 1998. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "'History of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle' Vol. 6 Published". KCNA. 5 September 2004. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "National Seminar on Kim Jong Il's Work Held". KCNA. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
• "'Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works' Off Press". KCNA. 18 January 2012a. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "New Book on Revolutionary Anecdotes of Kim Jong Il Off Press". KCNA. 12 February 2012b. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "Book, Kim Il Sung Prize Winner". KCNA. 28 March 2012c. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
• "'Selected Works of Kim Jong Il' Vol. 23 (Enlarged Edition) Off Press in DPRK". KCNA. 16 September 2014a. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "'Collection of Kim Il Sung's Anecdotes' Vol. 5 Off Press in DPRK". KCNA. 9 October 2014b. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "Collection of Memoirs 'Among the People' Vol. 106 Published". KCNA. 13 April 2017a. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "'Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il's Works' Vol. 18 Published". KCNA. 8 September 2017b. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• "Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works Published". KCNA. 13 December 2017c. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019.
• Korea Today. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1982. ISSN 0454-4072.
• Lee, Hy-Sang (2001). North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress. Westport: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-96917-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Lee, Ji-myung, ed. (27 March 2017). North Korean Writers in Exile PEN Literature. 4. Seoul: North Korean Writers in Exile PEN Center. OCLC 960909690.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "KWP Propaganda and Agitation Department" (PDF). North Korea Leadership Watch. November 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
• North Korea Handbook. Seoul: Yonhap. 2002. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.
• North Korea Quarterly. 56–59. Hamburg, W. C.: Institute of Asian Affairs. 1990. OCLC 879680579.
• "Posters Produced". Rodong Sinmun. 6 July 2019a. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
• "'Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il's Works' Vol. 27 Off Press". Rodong Sinmun. 22 September 2019b. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
• Shinn, Rinn-Sup; et al. (1969). Area Handbook for North Korea. 550. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 66893.
• "National Seminar Held". Rodong Sinmun. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
• Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific. Reading: British Broadcasting Corporation. October 1995. ISSN 1352-1403.

External links

• Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House at K-Scholar (in Korean)